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Covid

Their assignment came in the first week of April: head to Ouray to help the county with logistics and planning in response to the coronavirus pandemic...

June 11, 2020

Covid

Schools study options for fall

When students return to school this fall, they could undergo temperature checks at doors, attend on staggered schedules, and shift back and forth betw...

June 4, 2020

Covid

Challenges added to eateriesâ plates

As he walks through Ouray Brewery, owner Erin Eddy watches as customers touch countertops or grab the hand railings on the stairs. He notices when a b...

June 4, 2020

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A weekend full of pride

August 20, 2025

The Rev. Rob Rose of St. John's Episcopal Church in Ouray and his husband, Gerry Ketchum, look over an award Rose received during the fifth-annual Ouray County Pride festival in Ridgway on Saturday. T...

News

City retains lawyer in light of sewer problems

Mayor says he doesn't think the city will take legal action, but firm will review potential defect claims

By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com

August 20, 2025

The city of Ouray will hire an attorney who could help potentially pursue legal claims against the contractors who built and equipped the city’s new $17 million wastewater treatment plant, which has b...

News

Ridgway opens door for tourism marketing

Town follows through on plan to seek bids for services; chamber to seek to keep contract

By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com

August 20, 2025

The town of Ridgway is opening up a competitive process for its tourism and marketing services after years of handing the task to the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce. The shift toward a competitive p...

Letters

Time to lower the speed limit on U.S. 550

August 20, 2025

Dear Editor: Hardly a week goes by without another fatal accident on U.S. Highway 550, it seems. Or am I just imagining things? Winter or summer, events conspire, someone dies and the road is closed f...

Letters

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Revisiting postal history

August 20, 2025

Dear Editor: I read with interest Ms. Snowbarger’s column, “The West’s Unsung Heroes? Post Offices” in the Aug. 7, 2025, issue of the Plaindealer. Postal history, particularly that of Ouray County and...

Liz Teitz

Remote-triggered avalanche in San Juan Mountains

First responders receive first COVID-19 vaccines